title: Point spreading in turbid media with anisotropic single scattering.
abstract: Point spreading is investigated using general radiative transfer theory. We find that the single scattering anisotropy plays a significant role for point spreading together with the medium mean free path, single scattering albedo and thickness. When forward scattering dominates, the light will on average undergo more scattering events to give a specific optical response in reflectance measurements. This will significantly increase point spreading if the medium is low absorbing with large mean free path. Any fundamental and generic model of point spreading must capture the dependence on all of these medium characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Natural Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics, Mid Sweden University, SE-87188 Härnösand, Sweden.
authors.forename: Magnus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Neuman
authors.forename: Ludovic G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Coppel
authors.forename: Per
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Edström
mesh_terms: D016880:Anisotropy; D003198:Computer Simulation; D008027:Light; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009391:Nephelometry and Turbidimetry / Q000379:methods*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation